Engineering Internship

Position Overview:

Ecliptic is growing its hardware engineering team at our San Luis Obispo facility. As an Engineering Intern you will work alongside our engineers on real space hardware, from circuit board bring-up and electrical test to mechanical fixtures and environmental testing. We are open to Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, and Aerospace Engineering students. We care more about how you think and what you have built than about your major. This is a hands-on role. Most of your time will be spent at the bench and in the lab with hardware and test equipment. You will learn how flight hardware is designed, built, tested, and documented, and the work you take on will grow with what you show you can do.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

Duties depend on your background and current program needs, and may include:

• Support board bring-up and checkout of new circuit board assemblies, including power-up, functional checks, and troubleshooting with engineers
• Perform electrical testing per written procedures using oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, power supplies, and electronic loads
• Assist with high speed signal integrity measurements and correlation of measured results to simulation
• Design, model, and build test fixtures, brackets, and mechanical support hardware
• Support thermal testing of assemblies in the lab thermal chamber, including setup, instrumentation, and data collection
• Write test scripts in Python or similar for test automation and data analysis
• Build and verify test cables, breakout boards, and simple fixtures
• Help write and redline test procedures, test reports, and data summaries
• Maintain lab organization, equipment records, and test data per company procedures

Requirements

MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Currently enrolled in a BS or MS program in Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering
• Third year standing or above at the start of the internship
• Hands-on hardware project experience, such as a student satellite, rocketry, robotics, Formula SAE, senior project, or personal builds. Be ready to walk us through something you built
• Able to follow written procedures and document work accurately
• Good communicator (written and oral) and willing to ask questions
• Able to work on-site in San Luis Obispo for a minimum of 15 hours per week during the academic year

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, and bench power supplies
• Soldering experience with surface mount components
• Experience with CAD tools such as SolidWorks, or schematic and PCB tools such as Altium Designer or KiCad
• Coursework in electronics, digital design, heat transfer, or structures
• Scripting experience in Python or MATLAB
• Familiarity with FPGA development boards or embedded microcontrollers
• Machine shop or 3D printing experience

Important Information: To conform to US Government space technology export regulations, applicants must be a US citizen, lawful permanent resident of the US, protected individual as defined by 8 USC 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorization from the US Department of State.

Benefits

Visit experience with space flight hardware